A rarity grows in the vineyards around the village of Mittelbergheim and in particular in the Grand Cru Zotzenberg: the “tulipa sylvestris“.
This plant, which belongs to the lily family, is about 30 cm high and has a golden yellow flower of 3 to 5 cm. It usually blooms in April, hence its common name: “pre-Easter”. She is particularly fond of vineyards and clay or clay-loam soil.
Considered as the last tulip to be qualified as “common” in France, this plant has become very rare and is now protected. Picking of the flowers and uprooting of the bulb is prohibited.